About Us

Sumit Rai is currently the MD & CEO of Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance. Setting the strategic direction for the company, Sumit has nurtured a strong leadership team to build a multi-channel distribution network and a robust portfolio of offerings for its customers. A charismatic leader with an experience spanning over two and a half decades, he has mentored several cross-functional teams to enhance the organizational value and growth during his tenure so far.

Under Sumit’s leadership, Edelweiss Tokio Life has earned several industry recognitions, bolstered by the key mantras of customer centricity and innovation. Driven by his consistent belief in delivering value for every aspect of the business, the company has achieved rapid business growth, introduced exciting products and service innovations, and truly delivered on its promise of making #ZindagiUnlimited for its customers and employees. Before taking charge as the MD & CEO, Sumit served as the company’s Chief Distribution Officer for a brief period.

Previously, as a founder team member at Max Life, Sumit played a key role with the team that created one of India’s largest life insurance companies and handled multiple roles in distribution and strategy, including running and strengthening India’s largest non-captive, commercial bancassurance partnership.

He was also associated with Bank of America, and ABN Amro Bank in the past, wherein he was instrumental in strategizing and implementing various strategic initiatives for the respective companies. 

Subhrajit Mukhopadhyay is currently the Executive Director of Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance. A strategic thinker with an eye for innovation, Subhrajit has played an important role in the company’s growth story. With a laser’s focus on upholding regulatory compliance as well as corporate governance, he has contributed to building a healthy foundation for the business.

In his previous role as the Chief & Appointed Actuary of the company, Subhrajit built robustness in the actuarial function and created a product innovation benchmark for the industry. With an interest in diverse subjects ranging from risk management to product management, he is passionate about the evolving digital space, analyzing customer behaviour and leading a high-performing team.

An industry veteran, Subhrajit has spent over 2.5 decades fulfilling various roles at companies like LIC and Exide Life Insurance.

Subhrajit is a qualified actuary and a Fellow of Institute of Actuaries of India. 

As the Sales Chief of the company, Anup has been instrumental in expanding the distribution capabilities and building its multi-channel network. With an objective to be customer-centric, Anup has focused on building processes that inspire his team to educate customers on need for life insurance and sell need-based solutions. Anup aspires to keep the company ahead of the curve by constantly exploring the evolving ecosystem and changing customer behaviour.

An alum of IIM Kolkata, he has worked with companies like HDFC Life Insurance, Future Generali Life Insurance and Reliance Nippon Life Insurance.

Saba Adil is currently the Chief Human Resource Officer of Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance.
 
As the main force behind driving the People strategy, Saba plays an instrumental role in driving the company’s Culture, Purpose, and Employee Value Proposition to support its long-term vision. Saba brings with her 24+ years of experience in HR and has handled additional business roles in Operations, Customer Service, Renewals & Persistency, Risk, and Marketing, providing her a holistic understanding of conceptualizing and implementing effective people interventions. Her expertise lies in building organizations through robust people practices, cultivating capabilities and culture to achieve organizational objectives, and creating an engaging workplace for our employees. 
 
She has previously held key positions at Raheja QBE General Insurance, Aegon Life Insurance, Avanse Financial Services and MGL.
 
Saba holds a certificate in Corporate Innovation from the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Education and has a Master’s in Human Resources from AMU.

Abhishek Gupta is currently the Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer of Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance. As the chief brand champion, Abhishek manages the reputation of the company by promoting its diverse and innovative range of product offerings and services. Leveraging the power of storytelling and creativity, Abhishek aspires to deliver inclusive and strategic communications that can make the brand stand out as a new-age life insurer. Helming a team of ambitious and creative minds, Abhishek has been harnessing the company’s product innovations and superior customer experience to set advertising benchmarks in the industry. He also leads the Customer Experience strategies for the company and strives to build a differentiated brand experience that can foster customer trust and advocacy. 

Abhishek has been with the Edelweiss Group for 8 + years. With experience spanning 24 years, he has worked with brands across several sectors over the years – The Mobile Store, Walmart India (Bharti Retail), Spencer Retail, ICICI Bank and Shopper’s Stop. 

An engineer with a post-graduation degree in marketing, Abhishek has been recognized as one of the ‘25 Most Outstanding Marketing Professional of India at World Brand Congress 2014’, ‘Most Influential Marketing Leaders 2017’, and ‘Global Marketing Leaders 2019’ at World Marketing Congress, ‘CMO Transformation Award’ at the Pitch CMO Awards 2023 and ‘Financial Express Visionary Leader Recognition’ at Modern BFSI Summit 2023. He regularly speaks at international and national conferences and serves as Guest Faculty at reputed management institutes in India. 

Kayzad Hiramanek is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance.

He is a seasoned professional who brings 2.5 decades of experience in managing operations, technology, and customer experience strategy for businesses across sectors. At Edelweiss Tokio Life, he leads and executes the company’s Operations, Technology and Business Excellence efforts to elevate scalability, agility, and cost efficiencies within the business. Under his functional stewardship, the company aspires to build operational resilience and sustainability to weather through business cycles and any unprecedented events.

In his previous experience, Kayzad has played an instrumental role in defining the Operations and Customer Experience strategy for organizations like Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, and Avantha Ergo Life Insurance. He has also been associated with Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Taj Hotels and more in the past.